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LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) _ Hotplates are being distributed to residents who have been left without gas service more than a week after gas explosions and fires rocked the Merrimack Valley.The Boston Globe reports that members of the Massachusetts National Guard started giving out thousands of hotplates t…

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) _ Massachusetts officials are warning of a scam targeting people seeking to help those displaced by the natural gas explosions and fires that rocked the Merrimack Valley north of Boston.Local officials in Lawrence and Andover say residents have reported receiving calls from indi…

(Lawrence, MA) -- The governor of Massachusetts is declaring a state of emergency following deadly gas explosions in three towns north of Boston.Governor Charlie Baker on Friday said the company behind the explosions, Columbia Gas, is being removed from local operations...

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON — A press conference called by Republican lawmakers to outline new immigration enforcement legislation devolved into shouting Wednesday as activists opposed to the measure interrupted the event, drawing the attention of a county sheriff who supports the bill...

A Chinese man accused of conspiring to export devices to Iran that can be used in nuclear production is held without bail after making an initial appearance in court.Sihai Cheng attended a brief hearing Monday and agreed to be detained until his arraignment on Friday...